PAWS - Perfect Attendance Welcomes Success
Every week the office will compile a list of students who had perfect attendance for the previous week. Each of the students will be entered in the monthly drawing for a reward. Students can earn one entry every week for perfect attendance. At the end of the month, one student’s name from each grade level will be drawn from all students who have earned an entries.
October’s winners are as follows:
7th Grade: Taylor Ewing
8th Grade: Easton Simshauser
9th Grade: Conner Whitmore
10th Grade: Ethan Sashankar
11th Grade: Gwynneth Robinson
12th Grade: Tramar Bean
Congratulations to the PAWS winners for the month of November! Enjoy your pizzas! Thank you 5th St Bar and Grill for sponsoring our monthly PAWS drawing!
Every week the office will compile a list of students who had perfect attendance for the previous week. Each of the students will be entered in the monthly drawing for a reward. Students can earn one entry every week for perfect attendance. At the end of the month, one student’s name from each grade level will be drawn from all students who have earned an entries.
October’s winners are as follows:
7th Grade: Taylor Ewing
8th Grade: Easton Simshauser
9th Grade: Conner Whitmore
10th Grade: Ethan Sashankar
11th Grade: Gwynneth Robinson
12th Grade: Tramar Bean
Congratulations to the PAWS winners for the month of November! Enjoy your pizzas! Thank you 5th St Bar and Grill for sponsoring our monthly PAWS drawing!

Staff members enjoyed the family photo dress up day! Thanks for the awesome participation everyone!
Students, send your dress up day photos to Ms. Janssen.





Friendly reminder that dress up days are this week!!

Our Success Center students are #thankful and enjoyed a family-style dinner! 🥘 🦃 🍽️ 🍲 🍪 🍨 🥧

High school Dress Up Days will start next week!! Help us kick off the holiday season by participating.

Students in the Tiger Success Center enjoyed some fresh and beautiful Fall weather during an Outdoor Adventure Hunt a couple weeks ago. Nature is good for the soul!










Thank you Elysia King, for talking to our students about your career as a professional Artist. Your work on murals, canvas, and live event painting was phenomenal.

Mrs. Hughey's Social Skills group is grateful for so many things! We honed our communication skills while working together to create our festive THANKSgiving turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!










Mrs. Hughey's Social Skills group put their organizational skills to good use. There's a table by the High School office with school supplies and backpacks for students and staff who need them. A special Thank You to the Dupo Police Department for donating the school supplies and backpacks!










Anyone attending the JV/V Boys basketball game at KIPP on Monday, Nov. 24 (JV--5:00 pm Varsity--6:15 pm) please use this link to purchase tickets BEFORE you head over to the game. They have moved to a cashless experience.
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Gooo Tigers!
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Gooo Tigers!
Join us for the Winter Choir Concert and other fun activities on December 10th at 6pm in the Jr-Sr High Gym and Cafeteria.

#Congratulations to our November 2025 staff member of the month!

DHS Student Council hosted the annual Fall Blood Drive last Friday. A huge thank you to Impact Life for making this possible.




🎨Painting 1 students have paired their acrylic color study with organized patterns and acrylic image transfer, these artworks are a stunning fusion of technique and imagination!





Art Appreciation: where we cram centuries of Art History into one wild semester… and still find time to make some seriously cool art. 🖌️





Art Appreciation: where we cram centuries of Art History into one wild semester… and still find time to make some seriously cool art. 🖌️





Ceramics I Studio Highlights!
We’ve wrapped up the building phase — now it’s time to glaze! Stay tuned to see these pieces come to life in the kiln!




JH Student Council Food Drive 11/12 - 11/21

Our talented 8th graders are showcasing their stunning Art Nouveau portraits—featuring intricate organized patterns brought to life with shimmering gold and silver scratch art.






🌀 Drawing 1 students will tell you - it all begins with a single circle…
and unfolds like a visual journey—each stroke adding depth, each detail revealing growth. Congratulations! Now it's time for descriptive value modeling.









